Jeffrey Robert Brown, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Social
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2008, vice
Bradley D. Belt, resigned, to which position he was appointed during
the last recess of the Senate.

Gregory B. Cade, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the United
States Fire Administration, Department of Homeland Security, vice R.
David Paulison, resigned.

Sam Fox, of Missouri, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium.

Frederick J. Kapala, of Illinois, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, vice Philip G. Reinhard,
retiring.

Heidi M. Pasichow, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for
the term of fifteen years, vice Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, elevated.

Stanley Davis Phillips, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Estonia.

Jill E. Sommers, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term
expiring April 13, 2009, vice Sharon Brown-Hruska, resigned.